Transportation Funding Friction

Toll-road frustration leads to blow up in House Transportation Committee meeting

"...have been a gold star day at the House Transportation Committee, one that would finally put the Texas Department..."

Feb. 16, 2007 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

Transportation

"...has been more aggressive, far-reaching, and controversial than his transportation policy. And private companies, particularly a megacontractor based in..."

May 11, 2007 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

Transportation Money for Austin?

An upcoming meeting will focus on bringing federal transportation funds to Central Texas

"...The feds plan to host a sustainable transportation workshop this month in Arlington. The March 23 event,..."

March 19, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Sunset Staff: Scrap TTC, Overhaul TxDoT

Legislature's Sunset Commission staff make their sweeping recommendations for state transportation agencies

"...state agency, has released its staff report on the Texas Department of Transportation, and it's a pretty serious "could..."

June 3, 2008 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Gone and Quartered

Stiffed on Capital Metro money, the city scrambles to fund another $51 million in transportation projects

"...relied on "Quarter Cent Program" funding from Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority – money that Cap Metro now is too..."

April 16, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Best-Laid Plans

How does the patchwork of separate plans for the future of Central Texas fit together? No one knows.

"...In Central Texas, right now, there's a whole lot of planning going..."

July 16, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...makes one fatal assumption that has guided America's "pave-at-all-costs" transportation philosophy: that "new roads may get traffic moving."..."

Dec. 7, 2001 Column

State of the City

Mayor Lee Leffingwell delivered his state of the city address at a Real Estate Council of Austin luncheon on Tuesday, Feb. 2

"...like health care reform and energy policy. Here in Texas, we have a state education system that fails too..."

Feb. 5, 2010 News Feature

State of the City Address

As delivered by Mayor Lee Leffingwell today

"...like health care reform and energy policy. Here in Texas, we have a state education system that fails too..."

Feb. 2, 2010 News Post by Lee Nichols

All Together Now

City makes some headway on synchronizing traffic lights

"...a $152 million bond election for roadwork and other transportation projects? As part of the bond, a portion was..."

July 21, 2000 News Feature by Jonathan David Carroll

Union Charges Cap Metro Subcontract Conflicts

Was cronyism involved in picking those new subcontractors?

"...why Cap Metro picked McDonald Transit Associates and MV Transportation to run its fixed-route and MetroAccess bus services (respectively),..."

May 11, 2012 News Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

CAMPO's $5.8B Sticker Shock

The regional transportation plan's vision is bigger than its wallet

"...The Central Texas toll plan's rationale was that the region couldn't fund..."

Oct. 15, 2004 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

Shoal Creek Frankencurbs Could Multiply, Mutate

Despite being slated for removal by City Council in September, the city may actually build them some new friends

"...out the panoply of pilot projects at last Monday's Transportation and Land Use Subcommittee meeting – much to the..."

Dec. 16, 2005 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Postmarks

Readers take us (and each other) to task over mistaken identites and misguided ideas.

"...birth bringers such as ergot earlier sold commercially in Texas 1949 as Lydia Pinkham could and rightly should return..."

Feb. 18, 2000 Column

Lumbering Toward a Long-Held Vision for a New I-35

Riding on TxDOT's endless highway

"...in town now were not yet born when the Texas Department of Transportation began its journey to rebuild I-35..."

Jan. 27, 2023 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Light Rail on the Web

"...For general transportation issues, try these links to a variety of sites,..."

April 4, 1997 News Feature

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...time, the Supreme Court is hearing arguments in the Texas re-redistricting case. Our Michael King is in Washington and..."

March 3, 2006 News Feature

Naked City

"...is one of the most prestigious state appointments in Texas, even though it requires many long hours and is..."

Nov. 16, 2007 News Feature

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...of Webb Elementary School after three years of "unacceptable" Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills scores, a redesign at..."

Jan. 26, 2007 News Feature

Postmarks

A plethora of environmental concerns are argued in this week's letters to the editor.

"...were aware of the 15-year study performed by the Texas Transportation Institute of 70 metropolitan cities (Austin included) that..."

March 31, 2000 Column

Every Comment Counts to Get TxDOT to Try Harder on Plans for I-35

A look at the many roads not taken

"...(just like voting!) to submit your comments to the Texas Department of Transportation at its "virtual public meeting" for..."

Sept. 10, 2021 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Traffic Jam? Call Management.

New alliance forms to address mobility issues Downtown

"...to remember: DATMA. That's short for the Downtown Austin Transportation Management Association, and we're guessing it will figure prominently..."

May 6, 2011 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Austin @ Large: The Metro Message

It’s not a ‘campaign,’ exactly, but what is the transit authority’s tune?

"...answer is yes. News watchers who've been following the Texas Association of Business' legal travails are probably now familiar..."

June 25, 2004 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

"...for our wallets because we're stuck in traffic. The Texas Transportation Institute issued its biennial "Urban Mobility Report," naming..."

Sept. 21, 2007 News Feature

Bike Study Wants You

"...Speaking of cycling, researchers from Texas A&M's Texas Transportation Insti­tute and the University of Texas..."

May 20, 2011 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Volunteers (and Smart Phones) Needed for Bicycle Study

Researchers want you to gather data for them

"...Researchers from Texas A&M’s Texas Transportation Institute and the UT Center for..."

May 13, 2011 News Post by Lee Nichols

Day Trips

"...The Texas Capitol, with its statues, manicured grounds, and new underground..."

Sept. 25, 1998 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Naked City

"...get their fixes with Austin's newest political television show: Texas Politics. The program focuses on political people and issues..."

Dec. 15, 1995 News Feature

Aggies on Autopilot

The future of A&M Football

"...Researchers at Texas A&M's Transportation Institute told KUT they'd soon visit the..."

Oct. 2, 2012 Sports Post by Emily Bevan

Lege Speaks, Cap Metro Listens: Screw the Union

Lege mandates busting union contracts at Cap Metro

"...work around a conflict between state and federal law. Texas law forbids most state employees from collective bargaining, but..."

June 3, 2011 News Feature by Lee Nichols

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